Affordability crisis

• Vancouver councillor calls for end to financial incentives to developers under rental program

  Coun. Jean Swanson says the Rental 100 program isn't actually creating affordable rentals in the city.

  Mar 31, 2019
• Online house-sitting service exposes possible loophole in Vancouver’s foreign buyers tax

  The Craigslist ad offers house-sitting services to people looking to avoid the 15 per cent extra tax.

  Mar 27, 2019
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• Vancouver city council considers scrapping rental housing incentive program over high rents

  The Rental 100 program gives breaks to developers for setting aside rental units, but critics say it's not creating affordable housing.

  Consumer

  Mar 24, 2019
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• Tofino mayor calls hospital’s use as shelter for homeless a ‘clarion call’ for housing crisis

  "I personally was unaware that people were staying overnight in the hospital sometimes because they simply didn't have an adequate home to go back to," the mayor said.

  Mar 24, 2019
• Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley on goals for 2019: ‘The biggest challenge is housing’

  The man who took down Derek Corrigan reflects on his first few months as a politician and looks ahead to solving affordability issues in the new year.

  Politics

  Dec 27, 2018
• For $7M, you can own this fixer-upper home in Vancouver’s West End

  The listing admits the home needs "a little TLC," but promotes the potential for a laneway house to be built in the rear of the property.

  Money

  Mar 20, 2018
• New market rental housing project breaks ground in Coquitlam

  The 41-unit building in Austin Heights is the first market rental development to break ground in Coquitlam in 40 years.

  News

  Mar 17, 2018
• Vancouver unveils Marpole modular housing project

  The City of Vancouver has opened the doors of the temporary modular housing project in Marpole.

  Feb 11, 2018
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• ‘We just got the file,’ B.C. Housing Minister on next steps

  Newly elected Selena Robinson said there’s no clear timeline yet on how the BC NDP will be tackling the housing crisis in the province.

  Jul 24, 2017